The Intimacy Of Marriage In The Bible

The Bible explains that marriage is to be a permanent relationship because God has established it in his master design. Marriage is supposed to be permanent because it is a covenant between a husband, wife and God that cannot be broken. The Bible also follows up with this by explaining the sacredness of marriage. Marriage is to be a sacred bond between man and women as it is written in our master divine plan. It 's sacred because God has blessed it and ordained it so. Next the Bible tells us about the importance of intimacy of marriage. The intimacy of marriage is very important because it is where a husband and wife become one flesh. Another important factor in marriage is mutuality. The significance of mutuality means the husband and wife are equal in every way shape or form. However, husband and wife have different roles to play in a marriage. The husband is supposed to take on all responsibilities of the family whereas the wife must submit to her husband as a “suitable helper”. Walter A. Elwell states that it’s very unlikely that a woman was considered to be inferior in a marriage. With every marriage comes with the blessing of exclusiveness. Exclusiveness means that no other human relationship can come …show more content…
Some have made the statement that marriage is just for man and women but for same sex as well. Same-sex marriage shatters the foundation of marriage and Gods purpose for creating marriage. The Bible tells us that this type of marriage or relationship is an abomination ( Leviticus 18:22). Another objection one might use is those who fall out of love should be able to get a divorce if they are unhappy with it. This objection is truly a false representation of a marriage to begin with. This just shows that if God falls out of love with us then we will be separated from him. This objection does not show Gods true love, especially in a marriage from which He ordained